Pencil



RASSJX '70 May l5,A 1923.

W. R. NOE

PENCIL Filed Nov. 18

WITNESS Patented May l5, 1923.

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PENCIL.

Application led November 18. 1921.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, WALTERR. Non, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the county ot the Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencils, of which the fol-lowing is a specication.

v My invention relates to mechanical pencils of the type in which the lead is ad vanced by the turning of the cap through screw threads within a removable sleeve such as is described in my application N umber 478,683. It has 'for its object the provision of a concealed device to hold the sleeve securely in place. The invention will be fully-described hereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the enclosed drawings which are on an enlarged scale and show an example of my invention without dei'ining its limits, Figure 1 is a view ot a pencil with my improved clip in place, Fig. 2 is a detail view, partly in elevation, of the improved part, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 1 is a cross section on the line 4 4.- of Fig. 3.

As shown in the drawings the holding device is in the form oi' an yimproved clip. I am aware that there is no novelty in the joint itself except through its connection -With and concealment by the clip. It will be noted by refe-rence to Fig. 2 that an opening 19 has been cut in the top oi the barrel 10 and that a slot 18 extends from this opening. This opening and slot are concealed by the clip 20 which is soldered or otherwise fastened to the barrel in such a manner that its end is iiush with the top of said barrel. A shoulder 15 which is soldered or otherwise securely fastened to the sleeve 22 and which forms a false iextension of the barrel, carries yan extension 16 fitting tightly under the clip. A tongue 17 projects from the extension 16 and when in place tits snugly in the slot'18. It is of course understood that the extension 16 may be omitted and the tongue 17 soldered separately to the sleeve, in which case the width oi the o-pening 19 could be decreased. A raised piece 21 is also joined to the shoulder 15. It may be soldered to the shoulder 0r formed of the same metal or otherwise securely fastened. When in place this raised piece forms an apparent extension of the clip 20.

When the pencil requires refilling the `ment with the slot 18.

Serial No. 516,105.

vsleeve is rotated downwardly in Fig. 2 by pressure in .that direction on the raised piece 21 thus sliding the tongue 17 out oi engagerlhe cap 1d is then pulled way from the barrel carrying with it all removable parts. rIhis process is reversed when the parts are ready to be returned to the barrel with a new lead. The sleeve is inserted so that the extension 16 enters the opening 19. Then the shoulder 15 comes flush with the barrel, the sleeve is turned in an upward direction in Fig. 2 by pushing over the raised piece 21 which then takes its place as an apparent part of the clip while the tongue 17 engages the slot 18.

This device will securely hold the sleeve in position. It is inexpensive and will not adect the graceful lines oi' design.

The clip in addition to its normal functions not only conceals the opening and slot but by rictionally engaging at least the tongue 17, prevents the same from being unintentionallyshifted out of the slot 18.

Various changes in the form shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A. pencil of the kind described comprising a barrel, mechanism within said barrel for advancing a lead and arranged to be withdrawn from said barrel to replenish the lead, co-operating means on said barrel and mechanism for locking same against separation and a clip mounted upon said barrel and concealing said co-operating means and engaging the same to prevent unintentional disconnection of said co-operating means.

2. A. pencil ot the kind described comprising a barrel provided with a recess, a clip mounted upon said barrel and concealing said recess, mechanism within said barA rel for advancing a lead and arranged to be withdrawn therefrom t0 replenish the lead and a tongue operatively connected with said mechanism and movable into said recess. said tongue being arranged to trictionally engage said clip and being held therebyv against unintentional displacement whereby separation of said mechanism from said barrel is resisted.

3. A pencil of the kind described comprising a barrel provided with an open ended slot and a transverse recess communieating therewith, a clip mounted upon said barrel and concealing said slot and recess,

mechanism Within said barrel for advancing a lead, a shoulder connected with said meohanism and located externally of said bari-el at one end thereof, and a tongjgue operatively combined with said shoulder and movable through said slot and into said recess to resist a separation of said shoulder from said bairel, said tongue being arranged to 'friotionally engage said clip and being held thereby against unintentional displacement. Signed yat New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this lifteenth day of Nov.7 A.. D. 1921.

WALTER R. NOE. 

